![]() ![]() The interurban trolley network began to disintegrate and the beginning of the Great Depression 1929 only made it worse It cost over $4 million to build, but dramatically decreased travel time. On June 9th the IRC opened the Buffalo Niagara Falls High Speed Line. In July during a Shriners convention, the IRC carried 4.3 million passengers, the most ever in Buffalo transit history was completed allowing continuous electric travel from Syracuse to Buffalo, then on to Wisconsin Trolley cars ran between Buffalo, Lockport and Rochesterīuffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. The electric streetcar reigned supreme Niagara Frontier’s electric railways were taken over by the International Railway Co. It is possible to travel from Buffalo to Olcott Beach by trolley, with boat connections to Toronto The Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge Railway commenced trolley operations in the Cataract City of Niagara Fallsīy the end of the year, horsecars became extinct and were replaced by electric streetcarsĪugust 20 the most famous of local trolley lines opened, the Great Gorge Route (Niagara Gorge Railway) which ran without any equal for 40 yearsĪugust 15 interurban trolley service opened between Buffalo and LockportĬonstruction of the principal city trolley car lines is mostly complete all the way to Cold Spring (near today’s Delavan Canisius college Station. begins operating the area’s first permanent electric streetcars. On Christmas Eve, the Buffalo Railway Co. Sprague installed the first electric streetcar in Richmond, VA Cable cars waned rapidly and the city depended solely on horse-drawn transitįrank J. Photos and their arrangement © 2012 ChuckĪrchitecture Index. Douglas Hartmayer for hisĬooperation and to Thomas Mudra for his assistance in 2012 Thanks to NFTA Director of Public Affairs C. ![]() Upper half left panel: Cf., City Hall Guastavino ceiling tile design representing a Native American headdress. Upper left medallion: Cf., Ellicott Square Building floor designĬf., Ellicott Square Building mosaic floor, which includes scrolling acanthus leaves. Venetian cut glass mosaic and porcelain tile by Joyce Kozloff, New York City.Ĭlassic architectural motifs found in downtown Buffalo's City Hall, the Ellicott Square, Shea's Theater, the Guaranty buildings and Frank Lloyd Wright houses are entwined in this inspiring mural.ĥ panels below : Cf., City Hall North American mask motifĬf. Photographs printed on porcelain enamel by Milton Rogovin, Buffalo.Įthnic and industrial aspects of Buffalo are juxtaposed in photographs of home and work environments of particular individuals. Series of panels, highly visible through the windows of the station.ĭetail - Painted honeycomb aluminum by Sharon Gold, New York City. ![]() Subtle interactions of colored forms are framed and progress through a Painted honeycomb aluminum by Sharon Gold, New York City. Interior Venetian cut glass mosaic and porcelain tile art work by Joyce LB Johnson Apartment complex for senior citizens at 167 W. Pavilions are NOT part of the station rather, the building is the This is the only Metro station withĮntrances on both sides of the Main Street for passengers to enter and Art captions taken from the "Buffalo Art in Transit" brochure published by NFTA in 1979Ĭoncrete and glass. ![]()
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